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  • 51short-winded — adjective a) out of breath, gasping for air, breathing rapidly; or given to easily becoming so. b) Concise and to the point (opposite of long winded) …

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  • 52longiloquence — long winded language Styles of Speech …

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  • 53Maeve Brennan — (1917–1993), was an Irish short story writer and journalist. She moved to the United States in 1934 when her father was appointed to the Irish Legation in Washington. She was an important figure in both Irish diaspora writing and in Irish writing …

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  • 54wordy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. verbose, talkative, loquacious, prolix, garrulous; rambling, circumlocutory, windy, long winded. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. verbose, tedious, bombastic, prolix, long winded; see… …

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  • 55breathless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. puffing, panting, short winded, out of breath or wind; excited, overcome. See wonder, weariness, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. out of breath, winded, gasping, panting, spent, exhausted, used… …

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  • 56verbose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wordy, prolix, repetitive, talkative. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wordy, prolix, tedious, tautologous, redundant, repetitious, circumlocutory, repetitive, periphrastic, abounding in …

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  • 57redundant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Needless] Syn. superfluous, irrelevant, excess; see excessive , superfluous , unnecessary . 2. [Repetitious] Syn. verbose, wordy, repetitive, tautological; see verbose . See Synonym Study at verbose . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 58wind — {{11}}wind (n.1) air in motion, O.E. wind, from P.Gmc. *wendas (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., M.Du., Du. wind, O.N. vindr, O.H.G. wind, Ger. Wind, Goth. winds), from PIE *we nt o blowing, from root *we to blow (Cf. Skt …

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  • 59List of Dad's Army characters — This is a list of characters in the British television comedy series Dad s Army. In addition to the seven main characters, all members of the Walmington on Sea Home Guard platoon, the series featured a large cast of recurring characters, many of… …

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  • 60Crank Yankers — Created by Adam Carolla Daniel Kellison Jimmy Kimmel Starring Tony Barbieri Adam Carolla Jim Florentine Jimmy Kimmel Tracy Morgan Kevin Nealon Sarah Silverman Wanda Sykes Biz Ma …

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